Bill Text: IL HR0987 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the members of the Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists on the occasion of the association's 50th annual meeting.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0987 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0987-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists on the | ||||||
| 5 | occasion of the association's 50th annual meeting; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Free Will Baptist churches have had a presence in | ||||||
| 7 | the State of Illinois since well before 1850; most of these | ||||||
| 8 | churches, however, ceased to be Free Will Baptist after 1911, | ||||||
| 9 | when the northern line of the denomination merged into the | ||||||
| 10 | Northern Baptist Convention; only in the south central section | ||||||
| 11 | of Illinois did a small group of Free Will Baptists maintain | ||||||
| 12 | their distinct identity; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After meeting for many years at the Southern | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Yearly Conference of Free Will Baptists, the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | State Association of Free Will Baptists was formed on August | ||||||
| 16 | 10, 1960 at the Tabernacle campground in Benton; the | ||||||
| 17 | association then reorganized the State's Free Will Baptist | ||||||
| 18 | churches into districts, elected a slate of officers, and | ||||||
| 19 | adopted a constitution and a set of by-laws; the association | ||||||
| 20 | held its first annual session at the Tabernacle campground in | ||||||
| 21 | Benton on June 23-24, 1961; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Today, the Illinois State Association of Free Will | ||||||
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| 1 | Baptists consists of 40 churches and has numerous boards to | ||||||
| 2 | assist its membership with educational, humanitarian, and | ||||||
| 3 | religious work; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The current officers of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 5 | Association of Free Will Baptists are Dr. David L. Burgess, | ||||||
| 6 | moderator; Rev. David Womack, assistant moderator; Rev. Larry | ||||||
| 7 | Cook, clerk; Rev. Harlan Jackson, assistant clerk; Mr. Tim | ||||||
| 8 | Hayes, treasurer; and Rev. David Shores, promotional secretary | ||||||
| 9 | and member of the General Board of the National Association of | ||||||
| 10 | Free Will Baptists; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 13 | congratulate the members of the Illinois State Association of | ||||||
| 14 | Free Will Baptists on the occasion of the association's 50th | ||||||
| 15 | annual meeting and wish them continued success and happiness in | ||||||
| 16 | the future; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the Executive Board of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 19 | Association of Free Will Baptists as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 20 | respect.
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